What happened in the Speckled Band?
Holmes discovers that Roylott desires his stepdaughters useless in order that he can hold their inheritance. Roylott sends a toxic snake (the titular Speckled Band) through the air vents to kill Helen, but Holmes intervenes and the snake finally kills Roylott instead. The speckled band relates to the stripes, or bands, at the enormously poisonous … Read more